Theory of Mind and Empathy in Adults With Epilepsy: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 Mounting evidence suggests that social cognitive abilities [including theory of mind (ToM) and empathy] are impaired in adult patients with epilepsy. Although the deficits in overall ToM in epilepsy have been documented well, the effects of epilepsy on ...
HongZhou Wang +7 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018 Empathy is an essential component of our social lives, allowing us to understand and share other people's affective and sensory states, including pain. Evidence suggests a core neural network—including anterior insula (AI) and mid-cingulate cortex (MCC ...
Inge Timmers +6 more
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Neural Activity During Social Signal Perception Correlates With Self-reported Empathy [PDF]
, 2013 Empathy is an important component of human relationships, yet the neural mechanisms that facilitate empathy are unclear. The broad construct of empathy incorporates both cognitive and affective components.
D'Esposito, Mark +4 more
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Association between interoception and empathy : Evidence from heartbeat-evoked brain potential (Post-Print Version) [PDF]
, 2011 Physiological bodily states play an important role in affective experiences. This study investigated whether the neural processing of internal body state (interoception) is associated with empathy, the understanding of the affective states of others.
Fukushima Hirokata +5 more
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The cognitive, affective and somatic empathy scales for adults
Personality and Individual Differences, 2022 The Cognitive, Affective and Somatic Empathy Scales (CASES) assess three forms of empathy, each with subscales for positive and negative empathy. The present study extends this child instrument to adults and examines its factor structure and construct validity. A secondary aim is to investigate the under-researched area of positive empathy.
Raine, Adrian +2 more
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Empathy, Affect and Personality as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Background: It seems that personality traits affect engagement and the quality of professional life, which is mediated by the emotional and affective states of nursing personnel. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to analyze the relationships between the components of empathy, affect, personality, and engagement, find personality profiles ...
África Martos Martínez +5 more
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Interpretation und Weltbezug : [Rezension von Hans Krämer, Kritik der Hermeneutik, Interpretationsphilosophie und Realismus] [PDF]
, 2008 What does being moral mean? On one hand people may justify mercy killing as sparing someone’s suffering, but on the other hand they are still, in-fact, taking another’s life.
Klimenko, Marina A., Surdel, Nicholas
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Flocking together : collective animal minds in contemporary fiction [PDF]
, 2020 The remarkable coordination displayed by animal groups such as an ant colony or a flock of birds in flight is not just a behavioral feat; it reflects a full-fledged form of collective cognition.
Caracciolo, Marco
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The effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on empathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Empathy is a multi-dimensional concept with affective and cognitive components, the latter often referred to as Theory of Mind (ToM). Impaired empathy is prevalent in people with neuropsychiatric disorders, such as personality disorder, psychopathy, and ...
B. Völlm +7 more
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Right Temporoparietal Junction Involvement in Autonomic Responses to the Suffering of Others: A Preliminary Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. [PDF]
, 2020 Functional neuroimaging studies have emphasized distinct networks for social cognition and affective aspects of empathy. However, studies have not considered whether substrates of social cognition, such as the right temporoparietal junction (TPJ), play a
Hastings, Paul D +2 more
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